MAN FACING KIDNAPPING AND ASSAULT CHARGES IN ROANE COUNTY
A Maryville man is facing charges in Roane County following an incident that started in Oak Ridge Wednesday. Responding to a disturbance at 100 Goldenview Lane, just inside Roane County, the Oak Ridge Police Department said 45-year-old Matthew Augustus Aistrop attacked a woman and held a knife to her throat. Aistrop fled the scene before officers arrived and was later stopped on Interstate 40 by the Loudon County Sheriff’s Department. Aistrop was charged with aggravated kidnapping and aggravated assault. He was taken to the Roane County jail and initially placed under $100,000 bond.